Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Phillips Camp Biographies, Allen to Barton

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I_~ SKETCH GF MARY SIMS ALLEN Mary, the wife of Wi lliam Al l en , the well known Kaysville architect, died at h eP home , c orner of Locust and tenth streets, at 11:15 o ' clock last Saturday morning, after an illness of several weeks . Duning t he last of her ill ness, her daughter Mr s. Vivian VVray of Boi se, Idaho, wa s with he r father at the bedside of her mother . Mrs . Allen w&s born at Che l tonham, Goicestorshir e , En gland, Janu ary 27, 1847, and wa s the da llghter of George and Caroline Sims. She 2with ~er f amily emigrated to America in 1863, coming direct t o Utah and located in Kaysville. Sbe married William Allen in Kcwsville June 1874 and lived here since that time . On the property wher e She died on the anniversary of the birth of he r son, Frank, last June Mr and Mrs . Allen c e l ebrated their Golden Weddin g . (1 924) Too much cannot be said of t he virtures of th i s truly good woman . ShB was a goo d nei ghbo b , a loving h e l pmate to her husband, and a r e - markable mother. Her virtues are r·eflec ted in this community . As a mother she was a success ~s exempl ified in the high character and sterl±q ing worth of her sons and daughters . Besides he r husband she is survived by the fo l lowing sons and daught ers: Mrs. H. T. McLaughlin, Mrs . J . H. Ashbey, Mrs . Fred L . Bennett Will A •. Allen , Alfred G. Allen, Frank Allen , and Mr s . E. M. Wray. She is also sur vived by 25 grandchil dren and t hree gr ea t- g~and - , chi l dr en and by one sister, Mrs . Priscilla Hos see, of Pay son . Fun e r a l services were held in the Kaysville ward tabernacle Tuesday at one o ' clock . She died J ahuary 10, 1 925 and was buried in the Kaysville - Layton Cemetery .